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Natasha Pollak, MD

 

Natasha Pollak, MD

 

Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Director, Division of Otology and Neurotology

Telephone:  215-707-3663

Fax:  215-707-7523

Email: npollak@temple.edu

 

Department of Otolaryngology

 

Educational Background:

 

BS, Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 1993

 

MS, Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 1995

 

MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milkwaukee, WI, 2002

 

Residency, Otolaryngology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 2007

 

Fellowship, Otology and Neurotology, Paparella Ear Head & Neck Institute, Minneapolis, MN, 2008

 

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clinical Interests:

 
  • Pediatric and adult cochlear implants
  • Hearing loss
  • New hearing aid technologies
  • Implantable hearing devices and BAHA
  • Minimally invasive ear surgery
  • Laser surgery of the ear
  • Management of chronic ear disease and cholesteatoma
  • Vestibular and balance disorders
  • Meniere's disease

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board certifications:

 

American Board of Otolaryngology

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professional affiliations:

 
  • American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
  • Triological Society

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Research Interests:

  • Application of biological micro-electromechanical devices (bio-MEMs) in the temporal bone
  • Hearing restoration, cochlear implantation and other neural prostheses
  • Physiology of the audiovestibular system
  • Applications of engineering in otology
  • Interdisciplinary and translational research

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PUBMED PUBLICATIONS :


Recent Medically Related Publications, Obtained from PubMed (Click on PubMed ID to view abstract)

19130979. Pollak N, Templer JW, Esebua M, Diaz-Arias AA, Zitsch RP, Episodic painful parotid swelling caused by sialodochitis with eosinophilic inflammation: a new entity. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 140:1(132-3)2009 Jan

17210353. Zitsch RP 3rd, Pollak N, Loy TS, Management of inflammatory pseudotumor of the larynx. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 136:1(139-41)2007 Jan

16235133. Jones SM, Johnson KR, Yu H, Erway LC, Alagramam KN, Pollak N, Jones TA, A quantitative survey of gravity receptor function in mutant mouse strains. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol 6:4(297-310)2005 Dec

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